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DE3687877D1
DE3687877D1 DE86307764T DE3687877T DE3687877D1 DE 3687877 D1 DE3687877 D1 DE 3687877D1 DE 86307764 T DE86307764 T DE 86307764T DE 3687877 T DE3687877 T DE 3687877T DE 3687877 D1 DE3687877 D1 DE 3687877D1
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DE86307764T
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Lawrence E. Chelmsford Ma 01824 Us Alston
William T. Concord Ma 01742 Us Plummer
Donald S. Cambridge Ma 02138 Us Levinstone
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Polaroid Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/70—Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene
    • H04N23/74—Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene by influencing the scene brightness using illuminating means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
    • H04N25/57—Control of the dynamic range
    • H04N25/58—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures
    • H04N25/587—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures acquired sequentially, e.g. using the combination of odd and even image fields
    • H04N25/589—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures acquired sequentially, e.g. using the combination of odd and even image fields with different integration times, e.g. short and long exposures
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/71—Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors
    • H04N25/715—Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors using frame interline transfer [FIT]

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DE8686307764T 1985-10-30 1986-10-08 Kamera und verfahren zur bilderzeugung. Expired - Fee Related DE3687877T2 (de)

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US06/792,768 US4647975A (en) 1985-10-30 1985-10-30 Exposure control system for an electronic imaging camera having increased dynamic range

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DE3687877D1 true DE3687877D1 (xx) 1993-04-08
DE3687877T2 DE3687877T2 (de) 1993-06-09

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DE8686307764T Expired - Fee Related DE3687877T2 (de) 1985-10-30 1986-10-08 Kamera und verfahren zur bilderzeugung.

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US (1) US4647975A (xx)
EP (1) EP0220859B1 (xx)
JP (1) JP2755366B2 (xx)
CA (1) CA1257929A (xx)
DE (1) DE3687877T2 (xx)

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